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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bakrar, Wolf score goals to help NYCFC beat short-handed Fire 3-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Mounsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf each scored a second-half goal to help New York City FC beat the short-handed Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday. After a failed clearance by the Fire, Wolf ran onto a loose ball in the left side of the area, cut back to the middle and bent a shot inside the back post to give NYCFC (7-5-3) a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute. Advertisement New York City has won back-to-back games and is unbeaten in three straight. On the counter-attack, Jonathan Dean dropped a passed backward to Philip Zinckernagel for a first-touch finish from the top of the penalty arc to open the scoring in the 19th minute. Brian Gutiérrez was shown a straight red card (violent conduct) in the 31st minute and the Fire (5-5-4) played a man down until Dje D'Avilla — who replaced the injured Mauricio Pineda in the 41st — was shown his second yellow card in the 84th minute. Bakrar started the second half in place of 18-year-old Jonathan Shore and scored in the 58th minute to make it 1-1. Wolf chipped a pass over a defender to Justin Haak, who played a low cross to Bakrar for a one-touch finish from point-blank range. Advertisement Alonso Martínez converted from the penalty spot to cap the scoring in the 89th. NYCFC had 64% possession and outshot the Fire 21-8, 8-3 on target. Matt Freese stopped two shots for New York City. Chris Brady finished with five saves for the Fire. Chicago, which had won back-to-back games, had its three-game unbeaten streak snapped. ___ AP soccer:
Associated Press
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Bakrar, Wolf score goals to help NYCFC beat short-handed Fire 3-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Mounsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf each scored a second-half goal to help New York City FC beat the short-handed Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday. After a failed clearance by the Fire, Wolf ran onto a loose ball in the left side of the area, cut back to the middle and bent a shot inside the back post to give NYCFC (7-5-3) a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute. New York City has won back-to-back games and is unbeaten in three straight. On the counter-attack, Jonathan Dean dropped a passed backward to Philip Zinckernagel for a first-touch finish from the top of the penalty arc to open the scoring in the 19th minute. Brian Gutiérrez was shown a straight red card (violent conduct) in the 31st minute and the Fire (5-5-4) played a man down until Dje D'Avilla — who replaced the injured Mauricio Pineda in the 41st — was shown his second yellow card in the 84th minute. Bakrar started the second half in place of 18-year-old Jonathan Shore and scored in the 58th minute to make it 1-1. Wolf chipped a pass over a defender to Justin Haak, who played a low cross to Bakrar for a one-touch finish from point-blank range. Alonso Martínez converted from the penalty spot to cap the scoring in the 89th. NYCFC had 64% possession and outshot the Fire 21-8, 8-3 on target. Matt Freese stopped two shots for New York City. Chris Brady finished with five saves for the Fire. Chicago, which had won back-to-back games, had its three-game unbeaten streak snapped. ___ AP soccer:
Chicago Tribune
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Brian Gutiérrez scores twice in the Fire's 4-1 win over Charlotte — while the Stars' winless streak hits 5
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brian Gutiérrez had two goals and an assist, and the Chicago Fire defeated Charlotte 4-1 on Saturday night to run their unbeaten streak to three. Slumping Charlotte has lost five in a row. Jonathan Bamba opened the scoring in the 42nd minute with a right-footed shot from the left half-space outside the box to the lower-left-central zone. Gutiérrez assisted. Gutiérrez and Philip Zinckernagel added back-to-back goals in a four-minute stretch of the second half, giving the Fire (5-4-4, 19 points) a commanding 3-0 lead. In the 60th minute, Gutiérrez scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. In the 64th, Zinckernagel followed with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the central-bottom zone. Andrew Gutman assisted. Leading 3-1 in the 79th minute, Gutiérrez capped the scoring with a penalty shot to the lower-right zone. Patrick Agyemang scored Charlotte's goal in the 70th minute. The Fire had 10 shots on goal to five for Charlotte (6-7-1, 19 points) and a 25-12 advantage in total attempts. The Fire visit New England on Tuesday in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16. The Fire visit New York City in MLS play on May 25. Manaka Matsukubo scored goals in the 51st and 77th minutes, and the Courage ran the Stars' winless streak to five matches Saturday in Cary, N.C. The last-place Stars (1-7-1, 4 points) have scored five total goals in nine matches (six shutouts) this season, and their NWSL-worst goal differential dropped to minus-14. They play host to the Kansas City Current at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.
